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Another year has come and gone for the Northeast’s largest multi-marque import specialty show, the Carlisle Import and Kit Nationals, which were held from Friday, May 20 through Sunday the 22nd. The featured country for 2011 was France, so there was an excellent turn-out of French delicacies, both on the show field and in Building Y’s Invitational Display. While the bulk of French cars attending were Citroëns, Peugeots and Renaults, there were some real rarities to see.

This barn-fresh early 1960s Facel Vega Facellia grabbed a lot of attention. Photo by David LaChance.

To celebrate a quarter-century of Quattro technology, Audi will produce 250 special edition S4 models to be called the S4 25quattro. All these special S4s will have an Avus Silver exterior with front and rear bumpers trimmed with carbon fiber on the front bumper edge and the rear spoiler.
As with all S4s, power is provided by a 4.2-liter V-8 engine producing 340hp at 7,000 rpm with a peak torque of 302-lbs. ft. at 3,500 rpm. Audi claims that the S4 sedan does 0-60 mph in just 5.3 seconds with a six-speed manual transmission and a specially tuned exhaust. All 250 S4 25quattro editions
will be equipped with the six-speed manual as standard.

The S4 25quattro lists for $60,250. Want to drive one for free? Audi is offering a two-year lease of an S4 25quattro as the grand prize in an online sweepstakes beginning August 18. For a chance to win, visit www.audiusa.com/25quattro (full contest details appear online).
If you go to www.25quattro.comyou can relive 25 years of Quattro promotional stunts, including Harald Demuth’s memorable 1986 run up a 37.9-degree ski jump in Finland.

(This post originally appeared in the August 18, 2005, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)